Recently, we shared five tips for extra-yummy curry rice with our dear readers, because we believe that everyone should be able to enjoy the very best of this mildly spicy, sweet and hearty Japanese comfort food the right way.

Turtles have a lot of upsides as pets, such as being quiet and low-maintenance. Of course, they're not perfect animal companions. For example, just think of how much fun dog-owners have taking their pooches for a walk.

Vocalist and guitarist of band Flower Flower and former solo singer YUI announced on Friday that she has married a man outside of the show business industry, and is currently pregnant. As a message to her fans, she wrote, My partner is someone out...

VAMPS, the Japanese rock band formed by HYDE (L'Arc~en~Ciel) and K. A. Z (Oblivion Dust), kicked off their latest U. S. tour on April 8th to promote the international edition of their latest release, BLOODSUCKERS.

Today, YUI revealed some important updates about her personal life on her band FLOWER FLOWER's official blog. She is is now married and pregnant. YUI's new husband is a non-celebrity man. It was not revealed when she married or how far into her pr...

The 21st issue of this year's Weekly Shonen Jump announced that the Death Note manga will get a live-action TV drama adaptation. The new series will premiere July. Details such as if it will get a new set of actors to play the key characters or th...

Next year, the Mana series will celebrate its 25th anniversary, and Square Enix producers Masaru Oyamada and Yusuke Suda spoke with Famitsu about some of the plans they have for the series. The last time we saw a main-numbered Mana game, it was Da...

New poster and flyer visuals for the upcoming two-part live-action film adaptations based on Hajime Isayama's mega hit manga series Attack on Titan are revealed to Japanese media today. The first part will open in Japan on August 1.

Some sad news for Digimon fans as one of Spring 2015's most highly anticipated anime won't be premiering in April, just like all the other Spring anime. According to the latest update on the Digimon Adventure official website, new details on the a...

FUNimation has announced that 009 Re: Cyborg is set to be released in a Blu-ray combo pack on July 28th, and that a first run limited edition will feature a bonus 44 page interview and data booklet featuring a discussion with the Cyborg 009 update...

Apr 13, 12:00 anime This week's releases. Plus, space adventures, harems, and the end of the world with She, The Ultimate Weapon, Space Pirate Mito, and Student Council's Discretion. ― Jump to this week's reviews: She, The Ultimate Weapon (Saikano...

Good Smile Company and Piapro have finally opened this year's Snow Miku 2016 design contest, and it is open to everyone, even the people living outside of Japan. Last year, Good Smile Company and Piapro have decided that Hokkaido winter plants was...

It was recently reported that actor Kinya Aikawa (birth name Toshiaki Igawa) passed away recently. He was 80 years old. Aikawa is best known as the official Japanese voice actor of actor Jack Lemmon. Outside of dubbing foreign films, he is the voi...

Apr 13, 12:00 anime This week's releases. Plus, space adventures, harems, and the end of the world with She, The Ultimate Weapon, Space Pirate Mito, and Student Council's Discretion. ― Jump to this week's reviews: She, The Ultimate Weapon (Saikano...

With most of the details previously set for the theatrical run for Haiyore! Nyaruko-san F, it's really just down to the advertising at this point to get things out there. And Avex Pictures is doing just that, showing off the tickets and the variou...

Bandai Namco Entertainment will release the anime crossover fighting game, J-Stars Victory Vs. + on June 30. The game will be available for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 plus digitally on PlayStation Vita.

It has been confirmed that the live-action film adaptation of Akimi Yoshida's awards-winning manga Umimachi Diary (Seaside Town Diary) is chosen as one of the competition titles for the 68th Cannes Film Festival.

Sentai Filmworks Acquires 'Vampire Hunter D' Anime Feature Film Posted by Chris Beveridge April 16, 2015 at 06:16 PM 2015 is 1985 all over again as Sentai Filmworks has announced the pickup of the rights for the original Vampire Hunter D feature f...

Japan Airlines (JAL), Japan's flag carrier, is participating in the Niconico Chokaigi 2015 event which will be held in Chiba's Makuhari Messe later this month. To further promote their participation at the event, several JAL flight attendants donn...

Animated film distribution company GKids began streaming the English-dubbed trailer for Studio Ghibli's When Marnie Was There on Wednesday The film will open in U. S. theaters on May 22. The initial release will be limited to New York and Los Ange...

The staggering popularity of KyoAni's Hibike Euphonium has made itself evident as devoted otaku once again rush to reveal the real life locations present in the anime's latest episode, continuing to do wonders for local tourism.

Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection "F" in J-WORLD TOKYO J-WORLD TOKYO, a theme park in Ikebukuro Sunshine City where you can enjoy the world of magazine Jump, is now holding a tie-up event with movie Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection "F" coming on screen from ...

Digimon Adventure tri. is one of the most hyped anime series this year, but so far not all that much info has been released. However, the official website has finally unveiled some tantalizing details … of when we'll be able to find out more details.

Otaku tourism is now going international as the return of Kinmoza! anime has put the idea of visiting the UK into the mind of otaku. The British Tourism Authority's Britain Park blog recently posted about the production team location scouting for ...

We recently got a look at the different types of mechs you can create in Xenoblade Chroncicles X. The official website gives us an even closer look at the different model types for the Dolls, along with a look at their vehicle transformations.

So last week I saw a series that made me "D'aw" more times than a litter of puppies. It was a neat twist, the characters were great, and it was a great watch. However, now that we're past the novelty factor, is episode two any good?